State Legislation
(OK) Oklahoma House Bill 2101
This bill, also known as the Transformational Justice Act, encourages state prisons to partner with faith-based, community and voluntary organizations to help inmates rejoin society and reduce the rate of repeat offenders. The bill authorizes the Oklahoma Reintegration of Inmates Task Force to select a location for an inmate integration program and determine the projected costs of such a program. Inmates who are less than a year away from release would be eligible for the program.Learn more at
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB2101_HFLR.RTF
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Public Housing Authorities and Prisoner Re-Entry
A growing number of people are released each year from state prison and local jails; this phenomenon, prisoner reentry, has a significant impact on housing programs administered by PHAs, including public housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8), and other programs.